The Czech scored his first victory over Rafael Nadal to enter the semis of the Australian Open.
Ivan Lendl might be 'way too busy' to be his mentor but Tomas Berdych has not given up the dream of jumping on the 'super coach' bandwagon.
Rafael Nadal was upset by Tomas Berdych and Roger Federer survived a scare in the Toronto Masters third round.
Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the final!
The 32-year-old world number 18 still had a remote chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals for an eighth time.
Tomas Berdych had an impressive outing in 2010, finishing the year at No 6 but without a title for his efforts. The Czech is now looking for the elusive major this year, starting with the Australian Open, writes Bikash Mohapatra.
Czech Tomas Berdych booked his place in the ATP World Tour Finals for the fifth time in a row when he advanced into the semi-finals of the Paris Masters with a 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 victory over South African Kevin Anderson on Friday.
The third seeded Russian will play will play Germany's Tommy Haas for a place in the semi-finals.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek put defending champions CzechRepublic into the Davis Cup final by beating Argentina's Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in the doubles on Saturday.
Berdych had beaten Federer at the Athens Olympics, but there was no repeat performance at Wimbledon on Monday.
Czech Tomas Berdych overpowered world number four Andy Murray in their Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final on Friday to reach the last four for the second time in the season's first big claycourt event.
Andy Roddick's hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals were hanging by a thread on Wednesday as the American was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by revived Czech Tomas Berdych at the O2 Arena.
Czech Tomas Berdych fought back from a set down to beat Spain's Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 on Thursday and set up a Sony Ericsson Open semi-final against Robin Soderling.
World No 6 Tomas Berdych will miss Czech Republic's Davis Cup quarter-final next week when the champions take on Kazakhstan.
Andy Murray's winning streak came to an end when the world number three slumped to a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 quarter-final defeat at the Paris Masters after a three-hour tussle against the fifth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.
Rafael Nadal roared into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Friday with a 7-6, 6-1 defeat of Czech Tomas Berdych who later accused the Spaniard of intimidating the umpire.
Andy Roddick booked a tantalising quarter-final date against former champion Lleyton Hewitt after outgunning Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-4 6-3 at Wimbledon on Monday.
World No 8 Andy Roddick needed to overcome a sluggish start to book his ticket to the quarter-finals at the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday, while Rafa Nadal also advanced after being tested early in his match.
Czech Tomas Berdych halted fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro's hot streak by beating the Argentine 6-1, 6-4 to win the Japan Open on Sunday. Ninth seed Berdych's fourth ATP Tour title and his first since winning on grass in Halle last year came after Del Potro left the court to take medicine for an upset stomach.
Czech Tomas Berdych claimed his first ATP singles title in over a year with a comprehensive 6-4, 6-2 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday.
Holders Czech Republic showed how tenaciously they will fight to retain the Davis Cup on Saturday, while five-times champions Spain avoided being knocked out in the first round for the first time since 2006 by winning their doubles rubber against Canada.
Czech Tomas Berdych snapped a run of 11 consecutive defeats by world number one Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the Rome Masters before Rafael Nadal was stretched to the limit against David Ferrer on Friday.
A fired-up Rafael Nadal survived a huge scare from big-hitting Czech Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open on Tuesday to prevail 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3.
The fourth seeds scored a 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 win over Czechs Tomas Berdych and Lukas Dlouhy in the first round of the Miami Masters.
A chest-thumping Novak Djokovic blasted his way past Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1, 7-6, 6-1 in a heavyweight clash on Tuesday to set up an Australian Open semi-final with Roger Federer.
Spain's Rafael Nadal reached his fourth Wimbledon final with a 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 win over Britain's Andy Murray on Friday. The second seed, who won the title in 2008 but missed the tournament last year through injury, will face Czech Tomas Berdych in Sunday's final after the 12th seed overcame Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
Roger Federer was bullied off court for the second time in a month on Wednesday but his Wimbledon exit at the hands of Czech Tomas Berdych could do much more significant damage to his psyche.
Tomas Berdych beat James Blake after Andy Roddick had give the US a 1-0 lead.
Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon singles title with a straightforward 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic completed a 100 percent round-robin record at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-2, 7-6 defeat of Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday booking his place in the semi-finals.
Rafael Nadal torched Andy Murray's Wimbledon dream for the second time in three years on Friday as the marauding Spaniard grounded rising British hopes to roar into his fourth final at the grand slam.
The world number one was virtually guaranteed a semi-final berth before walking on court at the O2 Arena, but made doubly sure by cruising past Tomas Berdych in little more than an hour.
Rafa Nadal stayed on track for a successful title defence at the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic reached the Monte Carlo Masters tennis final when he battled back from a set down to defeat sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday.
World No 6 Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek will spearhead the Czech team when they take on Davis Cup holders Spain in this month's final in Prague.
- Czech Tomas Berdych stunned second seed Andy Roddick 6-7 7-5 7-6 on Saturday to set up a Japan Open final against Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro. Fifth seed Del Potro, who has won 29 of his previous 30 matches, beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3 4-6 7-5 to book his spot in Sunday's final.
World No 7 Tomas Berdych will lead the Czech Davis Cup team in their semi-final clash against Argentina later this month.
The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych brought the hosts level at 1-1 with holders Spain in the Davis Cup final with a battling five-set victory over Nicolas Almagro on Friday.
Stanislas Wawrinka returned to form with a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Tomas Berdych at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic laid down an early French Open marker when he reached the Monte Carlos Masters final.
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